Magna Systems Inc. is proud to welcome you into our family. You are now part of a very select group of individuals who are responsible for operations of the widget production machinery. Don't worry. We won't throw you into the deep end just yet ... we will at least wait until tomorrow.
Objective: Create the widgets shown in your quota bar by making use of the machinery in the factory that is available to you. Make it through all 8 days to earn a promotion and win the game!
Controls:
The mouse and its left ear (left-click) are your friend. Escape: Brings up an in-game menu Speed controls: Buttons arranged in the upper left corner of the screen allow you to slow down/speed up the action.
Machinery Activation: To activate most machinery, you must wait until a widget passes through its detector. The detector will then turn green indicating that you can activate that machine by left-clicking. Once a widget has been stamped with a machine, it will not be stamped again with it.
Detectors Colors: Gray = No Widget detected Green = Widget detected. Left click to activate associated machinery Purple = Left click to activate. Widget detection is not required. Blue = Auto activate. As soon as a widget passes into this detector, the detector will activate the associated machine as long as any required timeout has passed.
4/18/2016: Fixed a bug which caused the widget quotas to not be correctly reset, some in-game text typos, and an issue where stampers could get stuck and no longer stamp widgets. (Allowable via the LD rules found at http://ludumdare.com/compo/rules/)
Neat puzzle mechanic--I like the fact it's not just keeping up, but figuring out what order you need to create pieces. There's a lot of potential for more puzzles.
Oddly, I think it gets easier after a few levels because you can use the second level to juggle pieces you missed.
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Levi D. Smith19 Apr 2016, 07:33
Really unique idea and fun game. I finished the eighth day and got a promotion (I think). I really like the ability to slow down the conveyor belt, otherwise it would be nearly impossible at some points. Although, the slowdown feature can be abused, so maybe it should have a it could be put on a limited use timer. I was really impressed with the sound effects, which sounded like a real factory!
Quite a neat little game, with a lot of potential for more puzzles!
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Populous9019 Apr 2016, 14:15
The game looks REALLY, REALLY well, plays really well, feels well, and sounds well. The whole game is really good except that I got frustrated with the controls because they were challenging, but I think that's what you were going for and it worked. Overall good game.
Now this is how you interpret a theme. Great idea. Wonderful execution. Third row is a bit unforgiving, though. Before that you had a loop that you can use to take all the time you wanted. Third row significantly alters the difficulty and I believe without it the "slow-down" option wouldn't be necessary at all. Maybe you can also loop the third row to the beginning first row somehow.
Otherwise, top notch game. It is obvious that yuo know how to get things done. Good work.
Good take on the theme. Puzzle games of this ilk are always something I get a kick of seeing in Ludum Dare - it can be tough to balance them right, but when done well they really stand out.
Thought this was pretty cool! I liked the look and feel of the factory, and the puzzles were quite fun. Really unique idea for the theme. It was excellent to know that for once I could make time run twice as fast, but age at the normal rate. And thank you for learning WebGL, I can actually play your game in my browser :)
Awesome entry, really like the factory and the sound design. It was a bit frustrating w.a.i.t.i.n.g. for the pieces to come to the press and then miss it because you clicked before it turned green. Could be good to have some cheater power up so you can fire a press before, a bit if mental off loading ...
Grate little game to pass the time, at first I thought that it would be easy and that the x2 speed was too slow, but I was gravely mistaken. I found myself losing track of what I had made and found myself using the 0.5x speed constantly. Very well done.
Very nice, with original theme. I agree with others that some later levels are easier. Maybe some score / star rating could solve the problem with infinite cycles.
The points I would change: - Work a little more on graphics - Turn the machines on and off, this way they would keep working on every piece that goes under they
Oddly, I think it gets easier after a few levels because you can use the second level to juggle pieces you missed.